Cable ops

Underwater operations by cable ship Sophie Germain continue in the western Mediterranean off France from April 29 until further notice.

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 881/24

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA III 47/24 251543Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-25 16:11Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →

issued: 2024-04-25 16:11Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: NAVAREA III 47/24 251543Z APR 24.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position: 42.822, 3.162
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
FRANCE.
DNC 08.
UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 290001Z APR UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP SOPHIE GERMAIN
IN AREA BOUND BY
42-50.08N 003-14.74E, 42-50.19N 003-14.58E,
42-50.48N 003-15.23E, 42-50.17N 003-13.71E,
42-50.73N 003-14.85E, 42-50.69N 003-14.23E,
42-50.81N 003-14.53E, 42-50.69N 003-13.48E,
42-48.77N 003-06.16E, 42-48.64N 003-06.22E,
42-47.71N 003-02.49E, 42-47.45N 003-02.59E,
42-48.38N 003-06.34E, 42-48.25N 003-06.41E.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Underwater operations: Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Until further notice: The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
Cable operations: A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
Area bound by: Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
Position (degrees and minutes): How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

49 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:04Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.